Date:	Tue, 15 Oct 1996 13:25:25 +0200 (MET DST)
From:	Mark Habersack <grendel AT ananke DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl>
Reply-To:	grendel AT ananke DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl
To:	SANDMANN AT clio DOT rice DOT edu
cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: COFF and ELF exec formats
In-Reply-To:	<32622608.SANDMANN@clio.rice.edu>
Message-ID:	<Pine.NEB.3.95.961015132409.10709D-100000@ananke.amu.edu.pl>
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On Mon, 14 Oct 1996 SANDMANN AT clio DOT rice DOT edu wrote:

>src/debug/common/v2load.c needs to be updated, so that go32-v2 and the 
>debuggers will work.  This should be the first module modified, since it's
>easier to debug this code than it is to modify the stub.  This module should
>handle either type of image; but there can be two separate stubs - one for
>each type of binary image format.  So I would say the order is:
> 1) Build ld such that it can create either COFF or ELF images.
> 2) Enhance v2load.c to be able to load ELF images.
Is there any point to include BFD in standard set of libraries with DJGPP and
use it in v2load.c? Or would it be just a waste of space?

> 3) Modify a new stub to load ELF images.
> 4) Look at changing default .o format when everything else is working.
>

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